Canvas LMS - modern, open-source LMS

[andirahmat]

@atrilahiji said in Canvas LMS - modern, open-source LMS:

Is there still an appetite for this? I can give it a shot in my spare time. I’m very much into teaching and learning tools being more available so more options would be good IMO.

Yes please.

[jagan]

@atrilahiji You bet!
Moodle has a lot of features, but canvas is easier for students and teachers to navigate and use.

[kyzoe.be]

@atrilahiji

Would be great

[jimcavoli]

@atrilahiji You still working on this? And/or you need any help from a habitual ruby developer?

[jdaviescoates]

@jimcavoli @atrilahiji it'd be really great if you could work together to get this packaged for Cloudron!

I was just reading this:

https://forum.meet.coop/t/shared-learning-spaces/550

And it seems lots of people think Canvas LMS is quite a bit easier/ simpler to use than Moodle.

[A Former User]

Ah as with most thing I totally forgot to look into this one...

[Sam_uk]

@atrilahiji It would be great to see this if you have time.

[timconsidine]

@atrilahiji Yes definitely an interest. It would be good to have something more modern than Moodle, which is a pig with a bit of lipstick (IMHO).

[ccfu]

+1 for Canvas LMS on Cloudron

[jdaviescoates]

@atridad said in Canvas LMS - modern, open-source LMS:

Ah as with most thing I totally forgot to look into this one...

@atridad did you ever remember to look into this?

Found myself having a need for it again today.

[A Former User]

@jdaviescoates not even close sadly. I am really hoping someone else would pick it up

[jdaviescoates]

@atridad fair enough.

[LoudLemur]

@nebulon

Moodle has massive developer support, is widely used around the world and already supported on Cloudron.

I haven't looked too much into Canvas LMS, but I would say the strongest alternative to Moodle would be Sakai:

http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/21.1/
https://www.sakailms.org/

Sakai has been under development for many years now, though not so long as Moodle. It has some big backers in the world of Education, too.

There is also a LMS (Learning Management System) integrated as a module into Odoo (or Flectra, a fork of Odoo with a Freedom focus.) Odoo and Flectra have a presence on Cloudron, I think.

https://odoo.com
https://flectrahq.com/

[jdaviescoates]

@loudlemur I think Canvas LMS is likely more widely used than Sakai given it has even more active development and more stars on github, see e.g.

https://selfhosted.libhunt.com/categories/1695-learning-and-courses

But Sakai seems cool too - we should add an App Wishlist post for it!

[LoudLemur]

@jdaviescoates Thanks! that selfhostedlibhunt.com is useful!

[jdaviescoates]

@loudlemur yeah https://selfhosted.libhunt.com is great! (note the dot between selfhosted and libhunt )

[LoudLemur]

But Sakai seems cool too - we should add an App Wishlist post for it!

I could create one, but our utterly glorious developers here must be feverishly busy preparing other applications for us. Would another wish be a burden or distraction?

[girish]

@loudlemur said in Canvas LMS - modern, open-source LMS:

But Sakai seems cool too - we should add an App Wishlist post for it!

I could create one, but our utterly glorious developers here must be feverishly busy preparing other applications for us. Would another wish be a burden or distraction?

Not at all, please do create threads. Gives an opportunity to collect feedback and votes.

[LoudLemur]

@girish
https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/5863/sakai

[Sam_uk]

Is anyone interested in providing a quote for packaging this for Cloudron? DM's open if you'd prefer to not do it in public.